Nazareth News

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Bethlehem, needs volunteers to make phone calls inviting Lehigh Valley corporations/employees to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Kickoff Breakfast.

Singer, guitarist and songwriter DJ Brown, of the band Our Griffins, is pictured.

An Easton man is accused of having two bags of psychedelic mushrooms in a Lower Nazareth Township motel room in April.

Dorney Park Nightly Fireworks Plan Fizzles Three times a summer, a South Whitehall woman knows she will have to sedate her dog, her windows will shake, her dishes will rattle and parking will be impossible in her neighborhood, but she and her family will get to see a spectacular nighttime show when nearby Dorney Park shoots its fireworks display.

Nazareth residents, don't get your hopes up. The Nazareth Borough Council has asked its board secretary to advertise for the hiring of a part-time police officer.

Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot has climbed to $360 million-the third highest Powerball prize of all time.

The race is on in Region III of the Nazareth Area School Board. In Tuesday's primary election, voters will decide among four candidates for two open school board seats.

This week: How much do lawn services cost? How much do you pay for your lawn service? And what does that cover-just mowing, or does it cover weeding, pruning, planting? Please share in the comments below-we promise we won't judge you! And if you've got a lawn service you love, tell us that too.

The Nazareth Area Middle School was under a precautionary lockdown for an hour Wednesday morning after a bullet was found on the floor in the boys bathroom, school officials and Upper Nazareth police said.

Three candidates-two incumbents and one challenger-are on the ballot for the May 21 Republican primary election for two open seats on the Upper Nazareth Township Board of Supervisors.

Nazareth residents who won't have a municipal pool this summer for the first time in 74 years dove in head first Thursday night at the first public forum on what a new Boro-Park pool should look like.

Northampton County Council is going to court to stop county executive John Stoffa from signing a contract with Lifestar Response Corp.

Nazareth Area School District officials say the bullet was found on the floor in a bathroom at Nazareth Area Middle School.

Donna Missimer is looking for a recipe for Butta Kprohen, flaky Hungarian cookies.

Nazareth Mayor Carl Strye Jr. has spent a week now in the borough's big chair. In another week, he will face a possible challenge to his appointed seat.

Nazareth residents will have a chance to give their input into the borough's next municipal pool.

Nazareth Area Middle School drama students-in the aftermath of sexual assault charges against their former teacher-were praised for going "above and beyond all kinds of challenges" and "overcoming many obstacles." Delivering the praise at Monday night's school board meeting was the students' principal, Robert Kern .

State Police at Belfast are seeking information on a vehicle theft that took place in Nazareth sometime over the weekend.

With the recent loss of a two-year seat in the upcoming Nazareth Area School Board race, Schools Superintendent Dennis Riker has sent out a notice clarifying the May 21 primary election with the changes: Region I Kenneth Butz and Chris Miller's terms continue through 2015.

Do you like Puerto Rican, Peruvian and Mexican cuisine? Well you can sample at at Latin Fusion Night at Rice 'n' Beans, where the former Internet Cafe was located on 6 S. Broad St.